Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Chicago
Messaline Enfant
Auction Closed
May 16, 09:00 PM GMT
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Chicago
Max Ernst
1891 - 1976
Messaline enfant
signed max ernst and dated 57 (lower right); signed max ernst, titled and dated 1957 (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
48 by 36 in.
122 by 91.5 cm.
Executed in 1957.
Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York (acquired in 1957)
William N. Copley, New York
Barnet Hodes, Chicago
Private Collection, Switzerland
Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1986, lot 77 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's, London, 4 February 2003, lot 42 (consigned by the above)
Robert Wylde, London (acquired from the above)
Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 2007, lot 48 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Patrick Waldberg, Max Ernst, Paris, 1958, p. 423, illustrated in color
Shuzo Takiguchi, Max Ernst, Tokyo, 1960, p. 57, illustrated in color
Georges Bataille, Les Larmes d'eros, Paris, 1964, p. 193
John Russell, Max Ernst, Life and Work, New York, 1967, no. 108, p. 347, illustrated
Edward Quinn, Max Ernst, Paris, 1976, no. 365, p. 295, illustrated
Werner Spies, Max Ernst Oeuvre-Katalog, Werke 1954-1963, Cologne, 1998, no. 3278, p. 120, illustrated
New York, Alexander Iolas Gallery, 1957
Kassel, Documenta II, 1959, no. 5
Paris, Musée d'art moderne, Max Ernst, 1959, no. 85, illustrated